Treaty of Qaṣr-i Shīrīn

Iraq, 1639

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In Iraq: The local despotisms in the 17th century
The Treaty of Qaṣr-e Shīrīn (also called the Treaty of Zuhāb) of 1639 brought an end to 150 years of intermittent warfare between the Ottomans and Safavids and established a boundary between the two empires that remained virtually unchanged into modern times. Ottoman sovereignty had been…
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